[Leica] The "problem" with the M9

[Tina Manley]

+1!

Tina

On Mon, Jan 2, 2017 at 12:04 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.fr> wrote:

> You know the obvious answer Gerry........ I usually leave the house with a
> Monochrom as well as my M(240) ;-)  I agree with what you say and rarely
> take the same shot with both cameras as each have their strengths.
>
> john
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> I am sorry to come back on this, but I believe that the photographer
> should make a decision by pre-visualisation of how the final image should
> look. Although this may may be a split-second decision based on intuition
> and experience that decision is important. If you shoot in b&w you shoot
> for the composition of light and dark, highlights and shadows whereas if
> you shoot in colour you shoot for the interplay of the colours of the image
> and the way the balance together. This is a decision that cannot be
> realistically made afterwards as the two images/decisions are different. If
> you make the dcision afterwards it will never be as good as the
> pre-visualisation that should have been done before.
>
> Gerry
>
> > On 2 Jan 2017, at 13:46, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at icloud.com> wrote:
> >
> > Ever since I switched to digital I have had problems with some images
> deciding whether it is a ‘colour’ image or a ‘mono’ image. It was easier in
> my opinion when you carried two cameras, and you made the decision at the
> point of pressing the button, and then you had decided. It was a decision
> made at that moment, in that mood, at (to quote HC-B) the point when the
> heart, the eye and the mind come together. There is no better time to
> decide because never again will those three factors coincide. I am afraid
> that the decision on which of these two images is purely yours to make
> because neither is better or worse than the other.
> >
> > I wish you luck with your decision,
> >
> > Gerry
> >
> >> On 2 Jan 2017, at 01:51, lluisripollphotography <
> lluisripollphotography at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> The Day I went to shoot “Giving Smiles” I’ve carried the M9, it poses
> sometimes a problem to decide if color or B&W….
> >>
> >> Evening in La Rambla
> >>
> >> Leica M9, Summilux 75 wide open
> >>
> >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/La+Rambla/
> 20161221_L1013236+1.jpg.html>
> >>
> >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/La+Rambla/
> 20161221_L1013236.jpg.html>
> >>
> >> Thanks for looking, your c&c are welcome
> >>
> >> Saludos cordiales
> >> Lluis
> >>
> >>
>
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